Postmodernism is the belief that all truth claims are
relative and man-made. Atheist Philosopher John Searle proposed that this
philosophy frees people up from having to conform to objective moral truths:
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“I have to confess…that I think there is a much
deeper reason for the persistent appeal of all forms of anti-realism
[relativism] and this has become obvious in the 20th century: it
satisfies a basic urge to power. It just seems too disgusting, somehow, that we
should have to be at the mercy of the ‘real world.’ It seems to awful that our
representations [what we say] should have to be answerable to anyone but us.”
I think that Searle hit the nail on the head. In fact,
several postmodernists have admitted as much. Emergent Church spiritual guide,
Tony Jones confessed:
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The slipperiness of meaning, the impossibility
of objectivity, the incommensurability of truth claims — these themes of
postmodernism appealed to me and gave my faith room to grow.
However, if objectivity is impossible, I guess that Jones’
claim is also non-objective and merely a personal preference.
How did postmodernism give his “faith room to grow?” It
eliminates any moral constraints and enthrones the spoiled brat within.
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